Hi,
We are currently using a very rudimentary graphics features attached to U-Boot. It can only display bitmap images. We use this in Chromium to composite a display for the various screens we need to display in U-Boot. Unfortunately the graphics screens get quite large when using multiple languages since they are pre-rendered.
Is there any interest in a simply graphics library in U-Boot, that can display things on the screen? We already have bitmap support, but could perhaps add outline font support (e.g. freetype) as well. This might allow display of simple boot menus or booting information. A board could create a structure containing a list of things to display (text, bitmaps) and pass it to the graphics library for rendering using existing functions and the new font support.
If we do this, rather than re-invent the wheel, does anyone have any suggestions on a very small and simple existing library that we could bring in to do this?
Regards, Simon